Am I just a grumpy old(er) man, because I object to seeing Twitter and Facebook splashed on the R4 home page, complete with their respective logos?
The BBC Trust has various guidelines about the BBC not showing company logos, and has some editorial guidelines about linking to third party web sites (but mostly in relation to links from a programme, not about linking from the 'station' home page).
Lot's of good reasons for maintaining integrity and independence, but since presenters started to talk about "Googling for XYZ" (instead of "searching"), and talk about the iPod (as if everyone has one, not giving the generic "MP3 player" description), it seems as if Twitter and Facebook have been included in place of e-mail and telephone contact.
Editorial Integrity Online says
^"The links we make must be editorially justified and should lead to sites which are:
o clearly relevant to the content of the BBC page where the link is placed
o suitable for the likely audience"^
I know the R4 audience is of many ages and backgrounds, but cannot for the life of me believe that the majority are users of either (or both) Twitter or Facebook.
Any thoughts, or am I just unwilling to "get with it" as I turn my back on Faceboook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, Dropbox, Myspace, etc, etc, etc... ?
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NetworkGuy · 08/04/2014 11:31
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